The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-10-09
A BELFAST IKISbtutN,
His views Oh Political Aiiairs In the
Green Isle.

Green islt
From the Denver Republican.
Among the visitors in the city Is
Henry Thompson, Esq, retired tea
and sugar merchant OF Belfast, Ire
land, and also magistrate of tie
Belfast borough. Mr.. Thompson i
accompanied by his wife, and they
have been making a trip through
Canada and British America TO the
Pacific, returning by the United
States. This is my first visit to
America" he said, "but hope it may
not be the last. You have great
and wonderful country. enjoy
yistirg it, Through Europe. though
there arc many things to see and ad.
mire. no one who speaks only
English can be comfortable, for he
finds himself constant among people
who do not understand him and
whom he can not comprehend. Here
! feel at home. We are, indeed, one
people.
1t did not require much induce.
ment to lead MIR. Thompson into
discussion Of Irish political affairs,
In fact, he introduced the topic him
sell and mCnstratcd in his .irst sen.
tence that he was conservative and
unionist, and radically opposed to
Mr.. ParneiPs hom' rule measures
He is he only lrisf man of note who
has visited Denver who has not stood
up for Gladstone, Parnell and home
rule. lie said ""Mr. Parncll speaks
for the south and west of ireland,
where nine tonths of the people are
Catholics. The north OF Ireland pays
one half the taxes, and yet IN the I'M
perial parliament, out OF lO2 members
from ireland, we have a representa-
ton of only eigh teen, Were Ireland
to obtain home-rule, what would be
the result: The north OF ireland
would still pay half the expenses OF
supporting the government, while
our presentation would be IN the
ratio of eighteen TO cighty-fonr The
Catholic members OF the Irish parlia
ment would maintain an absolute con
troll Of the government. such con-
dition of affairs could never be
would never be tolerated.'
do you look for any solution of
the problem of the constant Dispute
tude which exists in southern and
western Ireland. them
81 do not, except by EN- grafton.
Let those who cannot make livcli
hood from the land come to America,
where they can earn 81 80 and * a
day. There are too many people in
the part of Ire Gland which clAmors tor
home rule. Let me explain Fifty
years ago an freshman might have
81 Gal 4, .,
From it he -ubsistcd comfortably. He
had four sons. They became men aud
married. TO each the father set aside a
piece of his tract. 1t was cut up into
four pieces, Their children, too,
grew up, and while the girls married
and went elsewhere, tie son, brought
wives in their places. Again the
tracts were subdivlded. Longevity
and fecundty are characteristic OF
the people. 1t is not unusual to lind
three and four generations II living
on fifty acres of ground. Esch family
has its cabip, its pig, its COW, its
chickens and a few acres to cultivate.
Those who would go away The priest
hood deter from leaving. Every one
who goes detractS go much from the
support OF the church he had attend
ed. The result is that they stay and
live ably-mise rably. or course
they are disconte nted"
"iIow about the landlords and their
excessive rents"
THAT is another feature OF the evils
these IT llgious-ridden aud enthusiast
tic-blinded people suffer. When the
fifty acre tract is divided and four or
eight cabins are built in place of one,
the rent rises. Each tenant il charged
The old father and mother are be-
coming each day less able to work